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Edward VII, Coronation, 1902, a gold medal by G.W. de Saulles, crowned bust right, rev. crowned bust of Queen Alexandra right, 55mm, 91.78g (W & E 4100.5; BHM 3737; E 1871). Mint state; in red case of issue £2,000-2,500
Hammer Price: £3,000
Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, a gold medal by L.C. Wyon after Sir J.E. Boehm and Sir F. Leighton, crowned bust left, rev. enthroned figure of Empire surrounded by standing figures representing Science, Letters, Art, etc, Mercury and Time below, 58mm, 89.83g (W & E 2000.3; BHM 3219; E 1733a). A few light surface and scuff marks, particularly in upper reverse field, otherwise extremely fine; in original red leather case £2,000-2,500
Hammer Price: £2,700
Victoria, Coronation, 1838, a gold medal by B. Pistrucci, bust left, rev. Queen receiving crown from Britannia, Hibernia and Scotia, 36mm, 30.66g (W & E 88.3; BHM 1801; E 1315). Marked in reverse field and some hairlining, otherwise better than extremely fine; in contemporary fitted case £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £2,500
EXECUTION OF THE DUKES OF MONMOUTH AND ARGYLL, 1685, a silver medal by R. Arondeaux, bust of James placed over sceptres on pedestal displaying crowned arms, rev. Justice holding sword and scales, the decapitated bodies of the two Dukes to left and right, their heads on blocks, 60mm, 89.07g (MI I, 615/27; E 281). Minor marks, otherwise extremely fine, toned £700-900
Hammer Price: £2,400
State of Britain, 1697, a silver medal, unsigned [by J. Croker], laureate and draped bust of William III right, rev. Britannia seated by an olive branch on a book and a broken yoke, 70mm, 107.46g (MI II, 192/499; E 372). About extremely fine, toned £500-600
Hammer Price: £1,650
James I, Coronation, 1603, a silver medal, probably by C. Anthony, laureate and armoured bust right, mantle around shoulders, rev. crowned rampant lion left, holding brazier and wheatsheaf, 29mm, 6.16g (MI I, 191/11; E 80). Extremely fine, toned £700-900
Hammer Price: £1,550
George IV, Coronation, 1821, a gold medal by B. Pistrucci, laureate bust left, rev. Britannia, Scotia and Hibernia approaching the enthroned King being crowned by Victory, 35mm, 31.34g (BHM 1070; E 1146). Hairlines and light scuffing, otherwise about extremely fine £900-1,200
Charles II, Restoration, 1660, a silver medal by J. Roettiers, draped and armoured bust right with short hair, rev. Hercules, Minerva, Prudence, Peace and Mercury stand around an altar, supporting a shield with an image of Britannia, Plenty with a cornucopiæ reclines in foreground, 63mm, 106.76g (MI I, 460/54; E 214; v.L. II, 464). Trifling surface marks, otherwise very fine or better, toned £400-500
Hammer Price: £1,400
Victoria, Coronation, 1838, a gold medal by B. Pistrucci, bust left, rev. Queen receiving crown from Britannia, Hibernia and Scotia, 36mm, 30.47g (W & E 88.3; BHM 1801; E 1315). Somewhat scuffed and a small test mark on obverse rim at 3 o’clock, otherwise about extremely fine £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £1,250
SPANISH WRECK RECOVERED, 1687, a silver medal by G. Bower, conjoined busts of James II and Mary right, rev. the salvage operation, a small row-boat to the fore with Sir William Phipps’s ship, the Algier Rose, beyond, 55mm, 67.05g (MI I, 619/33; E 285; Betts 67). Rim knocks and somewhat scuffed, otherwise about very fine £300-400
Hammer Price: £1,200
Duke of Wellington, a bronze bust, bare head three quarters left in Roman style, engraved on back (Wellington, L. Gahagan, Fecit and pub’d June 1811), 30 x 14cm. Very good condition, attractive £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £1,150
Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, 1851, Council Medal, a copper award by W. Wyon and J.F. Domard, conjoined busts of Victoria and Prince Albert left, trident and dolphins in field, rev. Britannia crowning standing figures of Commerce and Industry, flags and artefacts behind, edge un-named, 89mm (Allen A1; BHM 2461; E 1455). Virtually as struck £200-300
Hammer Price: £1,100
Society of Arts (Inst. 1753), a gold award medal by G.F. Pidgeon, conjoined busts of Mercury and Minerva right, rev. wreath, named (To A. Bain, M.D., mdcccviii, For Plantations of Forest Trees, Cl. 14), 51mm, 45.95g (E 643). Reverse rim knock and associated test marks on edge, otherwise about extremely fine; in original red shagreen case £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £1,050
William IV, Coronation, 1831, a gold medal by W. Wyon, bust right, rev. bust of Queen Adelaide right, 33mm, 27.31g (BHM 1475; E 1251). Fields scuffed, otherwise good very fine £800-1,000
Pacification of Ireland, 1691, a copper medal by G. Hautsch, laureate and armoured bust of William III right, rev. Victories with names and views of six Irish towns on shields, below William commands on horseback before Drogheda and Dublin, edge lettered, 41mm (MI II, 41/224; E 340). Trace of rim mount at 11 o’clock, otherwise very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £920
Anne, Coronation, 1702, a gold medal, unsigned [by J. Croker], bust left, legend reads fr, rev. Anne, as Pallas, hurls a thunderbolt at a monster, 35mm, 18.56g (MI II, 228/4; E 390). Cabinet friction on obverse, otherwise about very fine £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £900
Victoria, Coronation, 1838, a gold medal by B. Pistrucci, from the same dies as previous, 36mm, 30.24g (W & E 88.3; BHM 1801; E 1315). Fields scuffed, otherwise very fine £900-1,200
France, Le Printemps, L’Été, L’Automne et L’Hiver, 1927, uniface square bronze plaques by H. Dropsy for Canale (4), seated nude female, respectively, supporting a basket of roses on her head, sheltering under a tree from the sun, supporting a basket of produce and sheltering against a tree-stump, her cape blowing while it snows, each 50 x 50mm (Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, 60-2, –; cf. DNW 48, 736-9); the four set in a rectangular bronze mount, named (À Me. P. Jousselin, Président du Conseil-Superi...
Hammer Price: £850
Naval Reward, 1665, a silver medal by J. Roettiers, laureate bust of Charles II right, rev. King on sea-shore viewing naval engagement, 62mm, 93.49g (MI I, 503/139; E 230). Stain in field by forehead, otherwise very fine £400-500
Victories of the Peninsular War, 1815, a bronze box medal by J. Porter for E. Orme, bust of Wellington left, rev. Victory seated under a tree and inscribing a tablet, 75mm; containing 13 aquatint roundels depicting battle scenes (Eimer 80; BHM 866; E 1074) [Lot]. Medal and contents very fine; in original maroon case of issue, inside of lid with pencilled note ‘Mrs W. Dent, pchsd. of Simmonds 1862’ £500-600
Hammer Price: £750
British Colonization, 1670, a silver medal by J. Roettiers, conjoined busts of Charles II and Catherine right, rev. globe, 42mm, 36.44g (MI I, 546/203; E 245; Betts 44). Good very fine, toned £350-450
Charles II, Coronation, 1661, a plated copper medal, unsigned [by T. Rawlins], crowned bust left wearing Collar of the Garter, rev. Charles as a shepherd, edge plain, 33mm (MI I, 474/80, a gilt example listed; E 220 var). Some staining to the silver, otherwise better than very fine, rare £300-350
Hammer Price: £720
Victoria, Coronation, 1838, a copper medal by B. Pistrucci for Rundell, Bridge and Rundell, diademed and draped bust left, rev. DA FACILEM CURSUM ATQUE ADNUE COEPTIS and date, 87mm (W & E 90.1; BHM 1802; E 1309). Extremely fine; in black fitted case £150-200
Hammer Price: £700
George V, Coronation, 1911, a large silver medal by F. Bowcher, conjoined and crowned busts left, rev. the King, Queen Mary beside him, crowned by Britannia, Westminster Abbey beyond, edge stamped silver, 102mm, 492.0g (BHM 4023; E 1921; BDM V, 643). Has been lightly polished, otherwise good very fine and extremely rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £680
William and Mary, Coronation, 1689, a silver medal, unsigned [by J. Roettiers], conjoined busts right, rev. Jove hurling a thunderbolt at Phæthon who is falling from his chariot, 35mm, 15.92g (MI I, 662/25; E 312). Extremely fine, attractively toned £200-250
Hammer Price: £620
Titus Oates and the Popish Plot, 1678, a silver medal by G. Bower, janiform heads of a monk and a Jesuit, rev. cluster of seven faces with, it is believed, Charles II in centre, 36mm, 23.82g (MI I, 579/252; E 260). Cleaned in the past, otherwise very fine, rare £250-300
Hammer Price: £600
Treaty of Paris, 1814, a silver-gilt medal by J. Barber and T. Wyon Jr for Rundell, Bridge and Rundell, laureate bust of the Prince Regent right, rev. Victory hovers over Britannia, who comforts Europe, 69mm (BHM 805; E 1043). Matt surface; minor edge marks, otherwise good very fine, rare £250-300
Hammer Price: £580
Peace of Breda, 1667, a silver medal by J. Roettiers, laureate bust of Charles II right, legend reads bri, rev. from the same die as previous, edge lettered, 56mm, 74.19g (MI I, 535/186; E 241). Minor edge nicks and surface marks in reverse field, otherwise extremely fine and toned £400-500
Capture of Portobello, 1739, a silver medal, unsigned, full length figure of Admiral Vernon right, by cannon, ship behind, rev. panorama of harbour, 38mm, 17.23g (Adams PBvi 20-GG, not listed in silver). High points of obverse rubbed, otherwise fine, very rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £550
Battle of Culloden, 1746, a silver medal by R. Yeo, armoured bust of the Duke of Cumberland right, rev. Cumberland, as Hercules, clasping the hand of Britannia while trampling Discord, 51mm, 50.92g (Woolf 55:2; MI II, 613/278; E 604). About extremely fine; in contemporary shagreen case £200-250
Hammer Price: £520
Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 1890, a large cast bronze medal by Elinor Hallé, cast by J. Moore for the Royal Geographical Society, high-relief bust of Henry Morton Stanley left, rev. seated figure of Africa right, in elephant head-dress, empties waters of the Rivers Congo and Nile, her left foot on a crocodile, a mountain and rising sun, 124mm (Attwood 11; BHM 3410; E 1763). Casting flaws on reverse, otherwise extremely fine, rare £500-600
Hammer Price: £500
George I, Arrival in England, 1714, a copper medal by J. Croker, laureate and armoured bust right, rev. George, as Neptune, approaches the shore in a marine car, 68mm (MI II, 422/6; E 466). Trifling hairlines, otherwise extremely fine, attractive patina £200-250
Laudatory Medal, c. 1683, in silver-gilt, by J. Roettiers, armoured bust of Charles II right with long hair, rev. Royal arms within Garter, supporters at sides, crest above, 53mm, 66.39g (MI I, 595/277; E 267). Gilding marked and some signs of tooling, otherwise very fine, rare £400-500
Hammer Price: £460
United States of America, Washington Before Boston, 1776, an first restrike [Paris, c. 1820] copper medal by B. Duvivier, bust right, rev. Washington and staff officers on horseback watch the evacuation of Boston by the British, four legs under Washington’s horse, edge plain, no markings, 68mm (Baker 48; BDM I, 689). Usual light die flaws on obverse and running horizontally from the top of Washington’s head on reverse, otherwise about extremely fine, dull patina, very rare £600-800
Hammer Price: £450
Miscellaneous, World medals, medalets, jetons, model money, coin weights, tokens, counters, etc (258), mostly in base metal, 16th to 20th century issues [Lot]. Varied state, an interesting lot £600-800
Visit of Emperor Wilhelm II to the City of London, 1891, a pair of bronze medals by Elkington & Co for the Corporation of London, conjoined busts of Wilhelm and Princess Augusta right, rev. Londinia indicating shipping on the Thames to a figure of Prussia, St Paul’s behind, both 80mm (W & E 1668.1; BHM 3412; E 1768; Welch 24) [2]. Extremely fine; in fitted double case of issue £200-300
Voyage of HMS Challenger, 1895, a cast bronze award medal, unsigned [by B. Rhind after W.S. Black], medieval knight, gauntlet at left, upright trident at right, rev. Neptune at left of framed bust of Athena, edge named (P.L. Sclater), 75mm (BHM 3487; E 1797); Netherlands, Koninklijk Zoologisch Genootschap te Amsterdam, a bronze award medal by L. Wiener, named (Dr Philip Lutley Sclater, London), 60mm [2]. First very fine, second nearly so and with minor edge knock; both in fitted case by J. Da...
Hammer Price: £440
France, Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1885, a cast bronze medal by J.-C. Chaplain, bust right, rev. naked female seated left at easel, sphinx, Blue Mosque and gladiator’s helmet in background, 102mm (cf. PBE 103; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.52, 24; Coll. R. Marx –; BDM I, 403). Very fine and very rare £300-400
Elizabeth I, 1582, an oval cast bronze badge, unsigned, bust left in high ruff, erect hood behind neck, rev. angel supporting garnished royal arms surrounded by Garter, 48 x 40mm (MI I, 132/85). An 18th century cast, extremely fine and patinated £150-200
Marriage of Princess Mary to William of Orange, 1677, a silver medal by N. Chevalier, bust of Mary left with pearl necklace, rev. armoured bust of William right, 42mm, 30.38g (MI I, 568/235; E 256; v.L. III, 222). Edge nicks, otherwise very fine, dark-toned £200-250
Hammer Price: £420
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